Services

One - on - one help
For people diagnosed with cancer or another serious illness who are frightened, overwhelmed or confused.

You have just been diagnosed with a serious illness and your mind is racing with questions while your thoughts become filled with fear. A typical first question is “what do I do now?” Your doctor. family and friends are usually your first point of contact.

There are many resources that you can access for guidance; among them are healthcare providers, friends, family, books, websites, spiritual mentors and your own heart!

Ultimately you are your own best expert - you are the one who knows what is best for you. While your family, friends’ and healthcare providers’ input is valuable, when all is said and done, you want to make choices that you can live with.

Establishing your spiritual and heart connection, using conscious listening and solid decision making tools provides you with a way to make decisions with certainty, clarity and peace.

“The session I did with Linda allowed me to go beyond my usual ways of feeling and coping and come to a much deeper level of peace and understanding. As a nurse I am greatly impressed with the power of this work and feel that it would be of great use for physical healings as well.” - J.R., RN, MN

” The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world” - Tao Te Ching

Would you like to:

• Deepen your understanding of why creating a heart /spiritual connection is your first step to take when living with a serious illness.
• Learn how to make decisions, related to your illness, that reflect “your” truth vs. everyone else’s truth.
• Develop your own way of knowing what is right for you.
• Learn how a serious illness can open the door to healing (vs. curing) a variety of concerns that you have struggled with for years.

Let’s face it, life with a serious illness, whether at the point of initial diagnosis or any time thereafter, is occupied with worry and a variety of decisions to be made. Living with fear and confusion can drain you of your much-needed energy at a time when it is most critical to be focused and clear.

How many times have you been faced with a decision (e.g. is it time to hire a caregiver for my mother, or, should I have a second round of chemo?) and felt intense anxiety about making the wrong choice?

Have you just received a diagnosis of a serious illness and felt flooded with information from well intentioned people and are left feeling like you’re holding a ton of jumbled up thoughts in your brain?

Are you feeling anxiety and confusion after hearing that your doctor recommends radiation? The anxiety and confusion arise because in your heart of hearts you know that you do not want to have radiation, and, you are afraid that if you decline and exclusively use “alternative” therapies you will die.

“Linda’s friendly and open personality has allowed me to feel safe, even comfortable, when walking through strong emotions.” - A.J.

Will it Work for You?

You want to remember that you can trust yourself to make the right decisions when your life could be on the line. With so much information coming at you, accompanied by your fear, it is easy to lose sight of your connection to your inner wisdom. When you lose this connection the fear and overwhelm become louder then your truth.

You are motivated to sustain your connection with your inner wisdom/heart. Many people understand what it means to connect with their heart and few understand how to maintain this in an ongoing functional way. In addition, although you say, “I know how to be in my heart”, you might not be aware of the state of your deep heart.

You have a spiritual connection in your life. This is critical because the mind alone will not be enough to bring the peace and clarity you long for when living with a serious illness. Your mind, body, heart and spirit must all work together; one affects the other. Deepening your spiritual and heart connections will prove to be time well spent as they support the transformation that can come from a serious illness.

“There are many people who are healers and can help us get in touch with our Divine essence. Linda Resca is one such individual. She has helped me go beyond my painful thoughts and help me see my soul’s innermost need. I am held in the most loving hands and a presence that listens without judging. I am guided to the radiant perfect energy that takes me way beyond outward appearances. The result is that Divine energy has given me understanding of how to be in the situation that was causing me pain.” J.L., Speech/Language Pathologist

“Colon cancer runs in my family, so when I started having mysterious and unfamiliar pain in my abdomen, I started to worry. Even after an ‘all clear’ from my physician, the pain persisted and I continued worrying.

I’ve always been a ‘treat the symptom’ kind of person. If there’s a pain, I figure it out and treat it - very Western medicine. But because my doctor said nothing was wrong and I was still in pain, I wanted an alternative.

Seeing Linda has exceeded any expectation I had. She not only believed me, but helped me find a way to listen to my body more deeply. As a result, both the paralyzing worry and the pain have disappeared. Our work together has caused me to feel more grounded and I now understand that true healing takes the whole person into account, not just the pain.

I am incredibly grateful.” - J.H., Home Office Designer, Salem, OR

So What’s Involved?

It takes time to achieve the peace and clarity that can best inform your decisions. After working with many clients, I observed that the ones who made the most progress were those who did this work for at least several months. It takes this long to discover your own “way of knowing” and anchor it deep in your heart.

We will work one - one either in person or on the telephone. If we work in person we can meet at my office or I can come to you for a small additional fee to cover gas expenses. My office is not wheelchair accessible.

To help you establish your “way of knowing” what is right for you, to support your healing and to deepen your understanding of your situation, we can do any of the following:

• One 1 hour session with one 1/2 hour follow-up/q & a session = $125
• One month which includes two 1 hour sessions and two 1/2 hour follow-up/q & a sessions = $225
• Three months which includes two 1 hours sessions and two 1/2 hour follow-up/q & a sessions, per month = $650

The follow-up/q & a (question & answer) sessions are intended to give you support, answer any questions that come up, address concerns that might arise and share moments of celebration.

How it all works:

• I will never “tell you what to do” and I will guide and support you in a way that helps you find your own answers.
• Each session is based 100% on your needs and goals.
• We will use a variety of methods that will help you deepen your understanding of not only where but also why you get stuck.
• The foundation of our work together will be the use of a very ancient practice called “Remembrance”; I will teach you how to do this. The “Remembrance” is a proven way to assist you in traveling deep into your heart while strengthening your spiritual connection.
• This work is spiritually based, based on your spiritual tradition.

Some people are blessed with a healing presence that has a positive influence on our emotional and physical health. Linda Resca truly has this gift. By the grace of God, and Linda, my diagnosed pancreatic cancer is now in remission.

Over a period of six months, Linda counseled and prayed with me. Linda taught me a very calming style of meditation that has not only shown me a wonderful way to tap into God’s love and healing power, but has made my faith in God stronger than ever. Through the worrisome times that we all have in our lives, I can now easily use “remembrance” to call God into my heart. I also have learned a new positive energy attitude from Linda. Her insights taught me how to deal with difficult people and problems in my life, and how to accept and love myself for who I am.

Always, when I am in the mind state of “remembrance”, I experience better communication with God. My spiritual life is stronger than it has ever been in my life. I have never felt so close to God.

I feel that knowing and using “remembrance” can only result in the most beautiful experiences of peace
and wholeness.” - Linda Schmitt, Cancer Survivor, Salem, OR

A few additional things to know:

• Unless it is an emergency, a 24 hour cancellation notice is required
• Payment is due prior to or at the time of the first session, or at the beginning of the three or one month period.
• I am not a trained medical professional
• Although I am not a trained counselor, I have counseled hundreds of people who are struggling with a variety of concerns (physical, emotional and/or spiritual) (please see my “About Me” page for additional details regarding my professional and educational background)
• I do not accept insurance
• You are welcome to email or call me in-between sessions; my response will be subject to my availability
• I accept VISA.

Ready to get started?

I very much look forward to helping you with your illness in any way I can. I have lived through so much and am eager to inspire hope for others!

You can either call me at: 503.863.6407 or contact me by email. I typically return phone calls and answer emails within one to two business days.

By contacting me, you are not committing to anything; it is only an easy way to begin a conversation to see whether we are a good match for each other.

One last thing I would like to share with you - one of my favorite quotes:

“When you find the love you find yourself. The secret is in the love. You are the love.” - Sidi al Jamal